Pocket record-book.



No.. 654,698. Patented lulyal, i900. J. M. YARNELL.

(Application fleihr. 20, 1900.)

TH: Nonms Prsws cu, PNo'wLrmo WASHINGTON. n. cA

i Nrr'ED STATE-s` JEFFERSON iMADISON YARNELL, OF oosHooroN, onio.

.POCKET REcoRDfBooK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 654,698, dated Jukly 31, 1900. y lippnanonnea naar 20,1900. sain No. 9,451. (No man To all whom it may coi/warn:

y Beit known that I, JEFFERSON MADISON YARNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coshocton, in the county of Coshoct0n and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful VestfPocket Record-Book, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vest-pocket record-books adapted for general use, but par- 1o ticularly intended for time entries and analogous data in schools, factories, or establishments employing a large number of operatives that may be under the supervision of suboverseers or section-superintendents and I5 the object of the same is to provide a threefolding book or one having two side-folding covers, one or more of said covers carrying endopening leaves connected at their upper portions or extemities by wire loops or analogous I zo devices, whereby the said leaves may be readily removed and replaced lby others, and adjacent at one side to side-opening leaves carried by one of the covers, all the leaves being capable of receiving any suitable matter desired to be inscribed thereon and for which they may be primarily arranged.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a record-book embodying the features of the invention shown broken away in part `3o to illustrate the mode of attachment to the end-opening leaves. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the upper portion of the device as shown arranged in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section of a portion 3'5 of the book, showing the covers folded. Fig.'`

4 is a detail perspective view of one of the fastening devices.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several 4o views.

the material of which they are constructed,

may be varied at will, and secured to the upper portion of the cover 1 are a series of end-opening leaves 4, which are intended to receive index matter or to be particularly 5o lined for this purpose and so that a ready reference can be made thereto and relatively to other parts of the recorddoook as a whole.

The leaves 4- open upwardly and are removably held in place by an elongated transversely-positioned wire holder v5, Vsubstantially of the form shown by Fig. 4, and having angular end loops 6, which are inserted through the material of the cover, as clearly illustrated at the upper righthand corner of the cover 2 by dotted lines. On the cover 3 va plurality of end-opening leaves 7 are also applied and held at their upper extremity or portions bya holder S, similar in construction and arrangement to the holder 5, heretofore referred to. The leaves 7 are particularly intended for use as a diary and may be replaced at will by others of a similar nature. n On the hinge between the covers 2 and 3 a series of side-opening leaves 9 are secured by means of short staples 10; but in this connection it will be understood that the holder shownby Fig. 4 might be also used as a fastening by simply lengthening it, and in either arrangement it is purposed to remove the said leaves 9 and replace them by detaching the staples 10. The said cover 2 also has a plurality of endopenin g leaves 11, held in connection at their upper portions with said cover by a holder 12, .similar to those heretofore described, and on these leaves 11 suitable advertising matter may be disposed, or the said leaves can be utilized for receiving records or any other data, and as many of the same may be used as the capacity of the book will permit and without making any obstructive bulk or misshaping the book to any extent and so that the folding of the several parts can be freely carried on. It is intended to apply any kind of ruling or lines to the several leaves and in accordance with the character of the matter they are to receive, and to make it convenient in folding the covers clear spaces 13 are pro vided between the opposite side edges of the leaves 7 `and the edges of the leaves 4: on one side and ,the connected portions of the leaves 9 on the opposite side, so that the movement of the covers inwardly may be conveniently accommodated by taking up or allowingufor the thickness or bulk of the leaves carried by the covers 1 and 2. In foldingthe covers inwardly the cover 2 is turned over the intermediate cover 3 and the opposite cover 1 is then folded over the said cover 2'.

The form of device shown in the accompa loo nying drawings'- is intended te be made in such sizes that it can be conveniently carried in'A the vest pocket and be used for class-records and serve as 'a teachers cade mecum.

One of the most essential features of the improved device and which renders itexceptionally convenient is the mode of arranging end-opening leaves on sidesfolding covers as well as on an intermediate cover and to po-V sition a simple index at a point for ready access to correspond to a record kept on the side-opening leaves'and `relating to scholars; or students and which will gi-ve Athe standing or other information relating to classesbfv studies, attendance, and marks of merit or .4 d'e-merit. As before indicated, the samear-yA rangement can be conveniently. utilized for( note,memorandum, and time books', as well as diaries, and the proportions and size may be varied at will and other changes made:

Without departing from the principle of theH invention.

AHaving thus described the inventfionvvhat prisi-ng ropposite sidel covers infoldableover` an intermediate cover, each ofthe covers-haw` l ing a-.plurality of end-opening leavesto re=-V ceive inscriptionsand removably attach-edf thereto, and side-openingA leaves also. connected tothe hinge of one of the side covers',

the said side-opening leaves being normally.`

disposed over the end-opening leaves of the latter cover'.` l Y Y 2. A book of the character set forth, comprising intermediate and side folding covers,

end-opening leaves removably attached tol all the covers, a space being provided on each side. of the end-opening leaves of the intermediate cover and the adjacent edges of the -leaves on the side covers for convenience in folding the covers inwardly over the intermediate cover, and side-opening leaves to lie over a` portion of the end-opening leaves and napplied to the hinge of two of the covers and having their connected portions located in thespace between twosets ofv the said end`- openingleaves Y- 3, A book of the character set forth, com# prising opposite side covers infoldable over an intermediate cover, each of the. covers having a plurality. of en'dlopening leaves to receive' insrcriptiorrsr and lremovably attachedV thereto, elongated wire holders for'` connecting the upper' portions of the end-opening. leaves to the covers and'provide'dwith loops at the opposite terminalsY in ,planes at' right angles` tothe main bodies of the holders, and side-opening leaves als'oconnected vto the hinge of one of the side covers and .normally lcatedover the end-opening leaves of the latter.Y Y f Y In testimony that I'claim the'l foregoing as my vown I have hereto affixed' my si gnature in the presence of two witnesses. 

